Hanussen (1988)

Drama Fantasy History Science Fiction

A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that could aid suicidal patients. After the war, with one friend as his manager and another as his lover, Schneider changes his name to Eric Jan Hanussen and goes to Berlin, as a hypnotist and clairvoyant performing in halls and theaters. He always speaks the truth, which brings him to the attention of powerful Nazis. He predicts their rise (good propaganda for them) and their violence (not so good). He's in pain and at risk. What is Hanussen's future?

Updated May 10 2020

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germany nazi clairvoyance 1930s theater clairvoyant assasination nazism nazi

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Runtime: 140 mins Rating: 5.1 Tag Line: He saw the future. And it was war.

Cast

Grażyna Szapołowska

Valery de la Meer

Kalina Jędrusik

Walter Schmidinger

Propaganda Chief

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Klaus Schneider / Eric Jan Hanussen

Erland Josephson

Karl

Ewa Błaszczyk

Hennie Stahl

György Cserhalmi

Count Trantow-Waldbach

Ildikó Bánsági

Sister Betty